From Vice-Moderator Marc Buffin’s welcome to worship yesterday – Here’s a quote from my favorite writer, James Baldwin, and I believe it ties into what we’re trying to accomplish with our Task Force on many different levels. I wanted to … Continue reading LABC Update-March 1, 2021
Continue reading →Lakeshore Outreach
Complete Archives: February 2021
Sunday Worship – February 28, 2021
This Sunday at LakeshoreI take and trace the theology of the black church back to the prophets in the Hebrew Bible and to its last prophet, in my tradition, the one we call Jesus of Nazareth. The Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Wright Opening – … Continue reading Sunday Worship – February 28, 2021
Continue reading →It Doesn’t End on 2/28
Christian EducationWe are coming to the end of February and our celebration and recognition of African American History Month. However, if we remain true to the fact that “Black History is American History,” our education, or seeking after knowledge, or making … Continue reading It Doesn’t End on 2/28
Continue reading →February 25, 2021
Christian EducationWalking and Working Together 28There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 Microaggressions – the subtle … Continue reading February 25, 2021
Continue reading →February 25, 2021
Public WitnessHealing Justice Lenten Series Join us on March 10, 17 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. to view and discuss the film Healing Justice. Join us for this three part Lenten series exploring the harms of the criminal justice system and … Continue reading February 25, 2021
Continue reading →February 25, 2021
Our Life TogetherSome white Christians speak a great deal about accountability, but then apply it very selectively. The response, or lack thereof, to the charges by the United States House of Representatives of “incitement of insurrection” against former President Trump on the … Continue reading February 25, 2021
Continue reading →Update, February 27, 2021
Midweek MessageHappy Last Saturday of February! I trust that you will enjoy the Lenten Issue of PCBA Notes. Dale Edmondson is the editor. https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b7ee7d98-4236-43c7-8d51-758f12b73410 LABC Reads meets this morning at 9:00. A Time For Prayer gathers at 10:00. Worship is at … Continue reading Update, February 27, 2021
Continue reading →A Love That Lets You Down
Recorded SermonsSometimes we need to break the roof open in order to let the light in. Sometimes we benefit from being “let down” at Jesus’ feet.
Misunderstood Ministers: Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Recorded SermonsThe Reverend Dr. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was both a pastor and a United States Representative. In a memorable sermon he asked, “What is in Your Hands?”
Restoring the Missing Pieces
Recorded SermonsThe following lines from the poem, The Hill We Climb, “a nation that isn’t broken/but simply unfinished,” remind us that including the contributions of African Americans brings us closer to telling the whole story of American history.